What Is a Blocking Bill

question 57

Multiple Choice

What is a blocking bill?

• A)A bill placed early on the senate calendar each session
• B)A bill used by a standing committee to kill legislation
• C)A bill placed early on the house calendar each session
• D)An appropriation committee bill used to block funds from a state agency

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Definitions:

Convergence Theory

The idea that societies and cultures will grow more similar over time as they adopt and implement similar technologies and organizational structures.

Emergent Norm Theory

A sociological perspective that emphasizes the development of new norms to guide behavior in a crowd situation, often arising suddenly in response to an immediate situation.

Conflict Theory

Conflict theory is a sociological perspective that emphasizes the social, political, or material inequalities of a social group, critiquing the broader socio-political system.

Vested Interests

The situation in which an individual or group stands to gain from a particular outcome or possesses a stake in a given situation.